M2.0 earthquake 19 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 19 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Dec 8, 1983, 2:41 AM HST (12:41 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 15 km S of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-12-08 12:41:57 UTC
- Depth
- 6.5 km (4.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.394° N, 155.416° W
- Region
- Hawaii
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 36°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and 199 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.813 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15639 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.621 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15639 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.821 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15639 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15639 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.622 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15639 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.218 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15639 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.713 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15639 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.724 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15639 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.124 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15639 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.311 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15639 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.845 km W of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 15639 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.612 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15638 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.623 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15638 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.023 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15638 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.113 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15638 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15638 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.614 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15638 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.518 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15638 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.420 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15638 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.520 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15638 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.220 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15638 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.126 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15638 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.713 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15638 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.113 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15638 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.815 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15637 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.816 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15637 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.512 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15637 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15637 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.015 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15637 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15637 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.419 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15637 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.015 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15637 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15637 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.019 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15637 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.724 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15637 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.123 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15636 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.818 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15636 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.825 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15636 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.614 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15636 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.318 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15636 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.57 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15636 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.022 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15636 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.223 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15636 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.66 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15636 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.117 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15636 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.417 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15636 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.63 km WSW of Honalo, Hawaii · 15636 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.223 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15636 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.015 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15636 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.718 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15635 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.720 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15635 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.815 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15635 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.047 km W of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 15635 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.617 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15635 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.016 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15635 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.113 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15635 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.819 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15635 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.921 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15635 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.023 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15635 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.814 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15635 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.519 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15639 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.812 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15639 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.420 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15640 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.914 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15640 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.38 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15640 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.518 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15640 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.820 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15640 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.08 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15640 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.116 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15640 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.016 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15640 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15640 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15640 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.913 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15640 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.818 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15640 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.819 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15640 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.818 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15640 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.715 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15640 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.112 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15640 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.121 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15641 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.221 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15641 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19834034. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:49 PM UTC.